Obama’s soak-the-rich mentality

[disorderlyvision]

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[acptulsa]

Lol. So, Obama's trying to find someone with more blood than the ever-increasing number of homeless turnips, surprise surprise. But a jump of four and a half percent on the top tax bracket is hardly earth-shattering, and not debilitating at all. Meanwhile, why wouldn't they pay disproportionally when they benefit so disproportionally? Come on--the real 'soaking of the rich' in this country today is the great gift of liquidity. The banks are getting huge windfalls. The auto executives are getting fat bonuses not for producing, but for securing corporate welfare that makes them appear to actually be profitable (though they aren't). Hell, even the upper middle class is getting fat discounts on their cars. And the rest of us? Well, the promise of no tax increases is falling by the wayside, of course.

Soaking the rich--in liquidity. Such a deal for a group which, as Leona Helmsley pointed out, doesn't pay taxes anyway. No crocodile tears from me.

Now, as for the honest entrepreneurs that make money the old fashioned way--they earn it, rather than having someone rob us for it--they're another matter. They are actually getting soaked--and not in liquidity, either. And some of them even pay taxes, to boot. Pity to have them supporting their enemies. But, hey, no one ever said this was a free market nation.

Oh, wait...

[Feenix566]

"but there is something wrong when we allow the playing field to be tilted so far in the favor of so few.’’

This is coming from the guy who campaigned passionately in favor of an $800 billion bailout for Wall Street bankers.

[awake]

If you can justify the stealing of money and property from any person than you can simply vilify what ever group you want. There are 3 ways to become rich; Earn it by serving the wishes of the consumers (free market); forcefully take it , or get some one else to take it for you (government) and the lottery (voluntary wealth distribution).